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Daily Telescope: Finally, we’ve found the core of a famous supernova
Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we’re going to take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a…
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ISRO Successfully Completes Human Rating of CE20 Cryogenic Engine for Gaganyaan Program
ISRO has accomplished a major milestone in the human rating of its CE20 cryogenic engine that powers the cryogenic stage of the human-rated LVM3 launch vehicle for Gaganyaan missions, with the completion of the final round of ground qualification tests on February 13, 2024. The final test was the seventh of a series of vacuum…
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Sidus Space Delivers Crucial Onboard Computing Flight Hardware to European Partner
Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service satellite company announced the successful completion of its contract to deliver critical flight hardware to a prominent European space company. The delivered hardware includes the FeatherEdge edge computing units, which will serve as the onboard computer for the customer’s spacecraft. The FeatherEdge flight units provided by Sidus Space…
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South Africa’s PyraLink Aerospace Leads the Nation’s Journey into Space
South Africa has long been known for its rich cultural diversity, stunning landscapes, and vibrant history. However, in recent years, the country has begun to make a name for itself in a whole new frontier — the space industry. With the emergence of a private launch company, PyraLink Aerospace, the country is poised to conquer…
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GSMA and ESA Launch $16M Challenge Focused on Terrestrial-Satellite Innovation
GSMA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are starting a 15 million euro ($16 million) million challenge, Non-Terrestrial Network (TN-NTN) Community, and other initiatives to foster innovation between terrestrial and satellite connectivity. The two announced new initiatives on Monday during Mobile World Congress, following plans to work together on the satellite and cellular convergence in…
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Blue Origin Debuts New Glenn Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicle at Launch Pad
Blue Origin’s New Glenn vehicle successfully rolled out and upended for the first time on the pad at Launch Complex 36 (LC-36). This milestone represents the first view of the advanced heavy-lift vehicle, which will support a multitude of customer missions and Blue Origin programs, including returning to the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis…
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Eutelsat OneWeb Launches Land Mobility Connectivity Services
Eutelsat OneWeb land mobility Eutelsat OneWeb is launching a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) mobility service to provide high-speed connectivity on the move for land-based customers. Eutelsat OneWeb’s land mobility service will provide comms on-the-move solutions for distribution partners and customers. The company said this new service will create new revenue opportunities for rail connectivity, emergency…
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ESA’s Second European Remote Sensing Satellite Returns to Earth
ESA’s second European Remote Sensing (ERS-2) satellite has reentered Earth’s atmosphere over the North Pacific Ocean. The satellite returned at 18:17 CET (17:17 UTC) on 21 February 2024 between Alaska and Hawaii. ERS-2 was launched almost 30 years ago, on 21 April 1995. Together with ERS-1, it provided invaluable long-term data on Earth’s land surfaces,…
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China unveils names for manned lunar exploration vehicles
The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Saturday unveiled the names of the new vehicles for future manned lunar exploration missions. The new manned spacecraft is named Mengzhou, meaning dream vessel, which reflects the fact that the manned lunar exploration carries the Chinese people’s space dream and opens a new journey of space adventure, according…
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China’s space station hosts unconventional painting exhibition
An unconventional exhibition of paintings made by teenagers opened on Friday aboard China’s Tiangong space station, which is orbiting about 400 kilometers above Earth. A total of 53 paintings on the theme of Chinese modernization are now on display in orbit, having been selected from a pool of over 20,000 submissions from teens across the…